Filmmaking Against The Current - Notes About Making A Film "FOR THE BLINDS" - Softcover

Adam, Ozan Duru

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1724223127 ISBN 13: 9781724223128

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

This book is a memoir about the making of the feature film "FOR THE BLINDS" which was produced without a budget, under very difficult circumstances, almost against impossibilities. It entails autobiographical stories, personal views about life, art and cinema.

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About the Author

Ozan Adam studied art and cinema at Bard College, attended The New School University for his MA. He worked as an artist and as a professional in film production, advertising, commercials, media and design industries in New York. His body of diverse artwork consists of text; design, illustration, painting, sculpture, animation, film, video and installations which have been exhibited in solo and collective exhibitions around the world at many prestigious international exhibitions, biennials, museums, galleries and festivals around the world. He wrote a novel titled "The Manifesto About A Man Who Threw A Stone Into The Sky And Followed It" and translated it into English with the supervision of Prof. William Weaver who is the translator of many of the books of Uberto Eco and Italo Calvino. Many of his books including his artworks and his novels were published and are available online. His film "Zymotic-Amaurosis" was awarded with the Special Jury Award in the 14th International Ankara Film Festival and another film of his titled "The Two Names of A Testimony About The Execution of A Happening and A Suitcase Full of Broken Records" was awarded as the Best Experimental Film in the 17th International Ankara Film Festival. He taught many courses and gave lectures at many universities and has been invited by universities and institutions such as Middle Eastern Technical University, Bosphorus University, The Netherlands Institute of Higher Education, Aksanat Art Foundation and The Bauhaus Foundation in Germany for workshops, conferences and seminars. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses and supervised projects since 2001. He has also served as a jury member for universities and the award juries of film festivals. Many of his artworks and films have been selected, awarded and presented by internationally acclaimed festivals, galleries and museums. His films were screened at Martin Gropius-Bau Museum, Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, Louvre Museum and Pompidou Art Center in Paris, National Centre for Visual Arts, Reina Sofia National Museum in Madrid, Istanbul Modern Museum and Pera Museum in Istanbul. His feature film "For The Blinds" won the Special Jury Award at the Indian Cine Festival in Mumbai and it received excellent reviews. As the director of the first internationally awarded Turkish science fiction feature film that is not a comedy, an animation, a cult film or a remake he marks his place in the history of Turkish Cinema.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1724223127
• ISBN 13: 9781724223128
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 106